The AK73 Pro scored 6963 with
the Absolute MM GTS card. Both boards are again using identical setups.
Let's all repeat it: 4-way interleaving good! no 4-way interleaving bad!
You can download 3D Mark 2000 here.
At 1.2 GHz and with DDR the AD11 scores 8486. The extra 300 MHz would have
made the comparison between the KTa and AD11 very interesting

Quake
3 Arena

FIC
AD11

640
x 480

800
x 600

1280
x 1024

Fastest

162.9

155.1

128.0

Normal

149.2

147.8

110.1

High
Quality

148.4

139.2

64.1

Tyan
KT-A

640
x 480

800
x 600

1280
x 1024

Fastest

151.7

142.3

121.0

Normal

137.6

134.4

106.0

High
Quality

135.3

126.0

63.2

AK73
Pro

640
x 480

800
x 600

1280
x 1024

Fastest

121.3

118.1

96.3

Normal

114.2

112.4

95.1

High
Quality

113.3

103.4

62.2

I think this shows that the Absolute
MultiMedia GTS is fill rate limited. Look at the high resolution "High
Quality" scores to see what I mean. Those scores are within 2 points
at 1280 x 1024. That is why I picked that resolution in the first place.
But there is no comparison in the resolutions that most gamers would use.
The Trinity KTa scores are pushing the results that I got with the FIC AD11
at 1.2 GHz and with DDR memory and simply destroying the results with the
AK73. This benchmark shows clearly not only how memory dependent a game
like Quake III Arena is, but also how much BIOS optimizations can affect
gaming performance. I am really starting to wonder why every board manufacturer
is not including 4-way interleaving in their BIOS setup area.